thing. that is compared to 32% who do blameing of the democrats, one of f the newest members of congress is not biting his tongue. here he is. we should all be outraged and we should call it what it is. this president is effectively taken b our government hostage simply because he won t and can t get his way. cnn political director david challen is with me and a source familiar with trump s thinking tells cnn he is digging in on his wall demand and quote not going to budge even an inch because he thinks he is winning the pr battle, but the numbers show the shutdown may be having an impact on his approval rating. what are you saying? it depends on which pr battle he s trying to win. he s not winning the one overall with the american public. he s at 37% approval in our latest poll and take a look at this disapproval number. he s up five points to 57% of
around him most certainly did collude with the russians. congressman, thank you, sir, very much. my pleasure. up next, did he really say that? president trump s economic adviser compares the government shutdown to a vacation for government workers. yes, yes, he did. that is as we get our strongest indication yet who the american public says is to blame for all of this. also the impact this is all having at the world s busiest airport. travelers in atlanta met with epic security lines. look at this. time lapse. stretching all the way to baggage claim. part of the reason call outs from tsa screeners who are not getting paid. but is security being compromised? and just in, our first look inside the suspect s home where 13-year-old jamie closs was being held. you re watching cnn. we ll be right back. but the house was built too small.
not he was working on behalf of russia. specifically, after the bt fired james comey as fbi director in may of 17 and as trump tried to respond to that claim, he could offer no answers for the question consuming 800,000 federal workers struggling to get by. when will there be an end? when will there be a deal to get this shutdown to a close now in day 24? i don t know. this should be the easiest deal that i ve ever seen. we re talking about border security. who could be against it and the democrats don t want to do anything about it. they say oh, it s immoral. but wasn t three years ago, five years ago, six years ago and ten years ago when they raised their hands to approve a wall. we ll get you to the shutdown in a second, but first, to the fbi opening an investigation into whether president trump was working for russia. cnn has obtained transcripts
a book that you re ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! imagine this. you re 14 days into a new month k your mortgage or rent is past due. basic necessities like food, gas, medicine, are no longer a given because you can t afford them and you have no clue when your next paycheck will come. that is the uncertainty facing hundreds of thousands of federal employees today because of the long e government shutdown in u.s. history. doesn t sound like a vacation, yet one o f trump s top economic advisers compared it to that. just days after his own boss claimed he can relate to those who aren t getting paid. government workers were going to take vacation days say
was a top priority. obama believes truleaves, trumpd he rips it up. they re nice to us because we re the big kahuna. this played out with the western ally. suddenly things changed. john heilemann said that. a second ago you used the phrase big kahuna. no doubt the united states is the big dominance in the world. i m sure at this stage the difference between talk and action you ve been laying out through the course of this segment, does the world look at the united states as a big kahuna and also the leader or is